SLMS

The 2025 Scientific Leadership and Management Skills Course (SLMS) will take place on the following three days*:

Tuesday, April 15 | Via Zoom | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tuesday, April 22 | In-person at each satellite location | 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Tuesday, April 29 | In-person at each satellite location | 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

*Breakout sessions for Genentech Postdocs will held asynchronously, and the schedule will be communicated directly.

The Scientific Leadership and Management Skills Course (SLMS) was designed for senior postdocs and junior investigators as a 3-week course to help bolster your experience in leadership styles, people management, and conflict resolution. The course will occur over three days, one week apart. Each session will include a didactic session with a speaker followed by an interactive breakout group period for the last hour. Speakers will be live-streamed to each physical campus location.

The SLMS Course exposes participants to Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), a tool that is frequently used to help individuals understand their own communication preferences and how they interact with others. The course will also include interactive discussions, case studies, and role-playing and teach:

- - fostering a welcoming lab environment
  - leading and motivating others
  - creating a positive lab culture
  - difficult conversations, negotiation and managing conflict

About the Bay Area Postdoc Coalition

This program is being offered by the Bay Area Postdoc Coalition. The coalition is a collaboration among Bay Area institutions including: Gladstone Institutes, UC Davis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and UC Berkeley, with the shared goal of providing comprehensive training to postdocs and early career scientists. Each institution runs its own "satellite location" for the SLMS course.

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